During the Hussite wars the kingdom faced economic embargoes and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Kingdom of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts, alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) lost in the Battle of White Mountain, led to Thirty Years War and further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Bohemian kingdom became part of the Austrian Empire. In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I.
The events, known as the Prague Spring of 1968, ended with an invasion by the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries (with the exception of Romania); the troops remained in the country until the 1989 Velvet Revolution, when the communist regime collapsed. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into its constituent states, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. In 2006, the Czech Republic became first former member of the Comecon to achieve the status of a developed country according to the World Bank. In addition, the country has the highest human development in Central and Eastern Europe, ranking as a "Very High Human Development" nation. It is also ranked as the third most peaceful country in Europe and most democratic and healthy (by infant mortality) country in the region. It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group
Cyprus is a major tourist destination in the Mediterranean. An advanced, high-income economy with a very high Human Development Index, the Republic of Cyprus was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement until it joined the European Union on 1 May 2004.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
| 1994.01 | 24.08.1994 | Birds |
| 3k | 216 | European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola | |
| 5k | 229 | Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| 14k | 216 | Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
| 1994.02 | 24.08.1994 | Birds | Booklet | 1994.01 |
| 3k | 216 | European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola |
| 1994.03 | 24.08.1994 | Birds | Booklet | 1994.01 |
| 5k | 229 | Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus |
| 1998.01 | 23.04.1998 | Nature conservation | 4v set |
| 4.60k | 11 | Grey Partridge Perdix perdix | |
| 4.60k | 11 | Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix |
| 1998.02 | 23.04.1998 | Nature conservation | Booklet, 3 Partridge + 2 Grouse | 1998.01 |
| 4.60k | 11 | Grey Partridge Perdix perdix | |
| 4.60k | 11 | Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix |
| 1998.03 | 23.04.1998 | Nature conservation | Booklet, 2 Partridge + 3 Grouse | 1998.01 |
| 4.60k | 11 | Grey Partridge Perdix perdix | |
| 4.60k | 11 | Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix |
| 1999.01 | 10.03.1999 | Protected fauna | 4v set |
| 4.60k | 95 | European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | |
| 4.60k | 96 | Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops |
| 1999.02 | 10.03.1999 | Protected fauna | Booklet | 1999.01 |
| 4.60k | 95 | European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | |
| 4.60k | 96 | Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops |
| 2000.01 | 04.10.2000 | Hunting and gamekeeping | 4v set |
| 5k | 37 | Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis | |
| and | 11 | Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus | |
| 5.40k | 14 | Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
| 2000.02 | 04.10.2000 | Hunting and gamekeeping | Booklet | 2000.01 |
| 5k | 37 | Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis | |
| and | 11 | Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus |
| 2000.03 | 04.10.2000 | Hunting and gamekeeping | Booklet | 2000.01 |
| 5.40k | 14 | Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
| 2003.01 | 15.10.2003 | Nature conservation |
| 6.50k | 37 | Red Kite Milvus milvus | |
| 8k | 38 | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | |
| 9k | 37 | Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 2003.02 | 15.10.2003 | Nature conservation | Booklet | 2003.01 |
| 6.50k | 37 | Red Kite Milvus milvus |
| 2003.03 | 15.10.2003 | Nature conservation | Booklet | 2003.01 |
| 8k | 38 | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
| 2003.04 | 15.10.2003 | Nature conservation | Booklet | 2003.01 |
| 9k | 37 | Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 2004.01 | 08.09.2004 | Parrots | Sheet |
| 12k | 73 | Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus | |
| 14k | 73 | Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus | |
| 16k | 73 | Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri | |
| 20k | 73 | Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus |
| 2005.01 | 26.01.2005 | Portal with peacock |
| 7.50k | 11 | Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus |
| 2005.02 | 22.06.2005 | Krkonose national park | 4v sheet |
| 14k | 217 | White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus | |
| 22k | 216 | Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
| 2006.01 | 11.10.2006 | Christmas |
| 7.50k | 229 | Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra |
| 2007.01 | 05.09.2007 | Flora and fauna of the Carpathians | 4v sheet |
| 12k | 90 | European Roller Coracias garrulus |
| 2008.01 | 30.01.2008 | Portal with peacock | 2005.01 |
| 10k | 11 | Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus |
| 2008.02 | 28.05.2008 | Trebonsko fauna | 4v sheet |
| 10k | 92 | Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | |
| 14k | 37 | White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| and | 14 | Greylag Goose Anser anser | |
| 18k | 14 | Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina |
| 2009.01 | 11.02.2009 | Preserve the polar regions and glaciers |
| 35k | 16 | Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri | MS |
| 2009.02 | 02.09.2009 | Krivoklatsko biosphere reserve | 4v sheet |
| 14k | 78 | Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo | |
| and | 24 | Black Stork Ciconia nigra | |
| 17k | 77 | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba |
| 2010.01 | 01.09.2010 | Dolni Morava fauna | 4v sheet |
| 10k | 210 | Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria | |
| 18k | 96 | Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops |
| 2010.02 | 10.11.2010 | Works of art | 3v set |
| 30k | 14 | Mute Swan Cygnus olor |
| 2011.01 | 31.08.2011 | Sumava national park | 4v sheet |
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| 10k | 215 | Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus | |
| and | 11 | Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus | |
| 18k | 11 | Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix | |
| 20k | 108 | Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus |
| 2011.02 | 05.10.2011 | Film posters | 2v set |
| 10k | 37 | Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
| 2011.03 | 27.10.2011 | Portal with peacock | 2005.01 |
| A | 11 | Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus |
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